udkapi/com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.idl

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  23 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module lang {
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  25
  26 /** An interface to tunnel UNO. This means providing access to data or
  27     something else, which is not specified by UNO-IDL.
  28
  29     @attention
  30     Restrictive usage.  Use only, if there is no better possibility left.
  31     It is definitely a hack.
  32
  33     <p>
  34     Common usage:
  35     Getting a C++ object pointer in the same process, thus to use an
  36     implementation directly, most often because of a design flaw.
  37     </p>
  38 */
  39 published interface XUnoTunnel: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
  40 {
  41     /** Call this method to get something which is not specified in UNO, e.g.
  42         an address to some C++ object.
  43
  44         @attention
  45         The identifier specifies how the return value is to be reinterpreted.
  46         The identifier must be globally unique, because it is unknown where
  47         the implementation resides.
  48
  49         @param aIdentifier
  50                identifier
  51         @return
  52                 something
  53     */
  54     hyper getSomething( [in] sequence< byte > aIdentifier );
  55 };
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  57
  58 }; }; }; };
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